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Minor Ex-Leaf News

CarltonTheBear said:
Lehtonen's 2nd chance didn't go quite as well: 0 goals, 3 assists in 17 games with Columbus. 2 of those assists came in their final game of the season.

He only played 4 minutes total on their PP which is pretty surprising since that's where he looked his most comfortable as a Leaf and they had a hole there with Werenski's injury and Seth Jones not producing there.

Michael Del Zotto, who has 1 PP point in his last 144 NHL games, received more powerplay time than Lehtonen since Columbus acquired him.
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I don't think they did him any favours trading him to a team with a guy who probably had no patience for a guy who isn't great defensively.  I think he has NHL level skills he just needs the right environment.
 
L K said:
I don't think they did him any favours trading him to a team with a guy who probably had no patience for a guy who isn't great defensively.  I think he has NHL level skills he just needs the right environment.
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The weird thing though is Torts actually played him a decent amount. He averaged 18 minutes a game there, and in his last 9 games was averaging over 20 minutes. He even averaged about a minute of PK time per game. But for whatever reason he just never got on their powerplay despite there being an apparent need for a PP QB.
 
Hope it doesn't have anything to do with the Blackhawks scandal.

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That sounds weird.  This is a tragedy all around, and I guess it doesn't really matter if it does or doesn't.  I guess in my head it would be more tragic if this is deemed a suicide, and somehow that was preventable, but really, if it was something else, then it's still bad.
 
2014 4th round pick J.J. Piccinich who managed 10 games for the Marlies and a championship with the Growlers has signed in Belfast  8)
 
I mean, that's not what his actual quote says. He said he's never felt more comfortable than he is with the Pens, which is pretty standard teammate stuff to say.
 
https://twitter.com/khl_eng/status/1433845590350340096
Our old friend Nik Kulemin is playing with Ufa Salavat Yulaev this season, i.e. Rodion Amirov's team. He scored a hatty en route to a 5-1 win.
 
herman said:
https://twitter.com/khl_eng/status/1433845590350340096
Our old friend Nik Kulemin is playing with Ufa Salavat Yulaev this season, i.e. Rodion Amirov's team. He scored a hatty en route to a 5-1 win.
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Man, I'm getting old because Kulemin looks old to me now.
 
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